President Joe Biden signed the PACT Act into law, a bill which would expand health care for millions of veterans exposed to toxins while serving overseas.
PUBLISHED 9:05 AM EDT Aug. 10, 2022President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed into law a bipartisan bill that will expand health care for millions of veterans exposed to toxins while serving overseas.President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed the PACT Act into law, a bill which would expand health care for millions of veterans exposed to toxins while serving overseas
Biden called veterans and their families the "backbone" of the country and the PACT Act the "most significant law our nation has ever passed" to help veterans exposed to toxins. "As a military spouse, when your loved one returns home safely from a deployment, you count your blessings," Robinson's widow, Danielle, said at the White House on Wednesday, with nine-year-old Brielle by her side. "But 10 years post deployment from Iraq, my husband Heath began the biggest battle of his life."
"As commander-in-chief I'll always have your back. I promise you," the president said. "It includes always fighting for the care and benefits you more than earned and more than deserve. This law is long overdue, and we finally got it done together.
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